Meatballs (film) Meatballs is a 1979 Canadian comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman. It is noted for Bill Murray's first film appearance in a starring role and for launching the directing career of Reitman whose later comedies included Stripes (1981) and Ghostbusters (1984), both starring Murray.
Harriet Beecher Stowe: 10 memorable quotes on her birthday. June 13, 2012. American abolitionist writer Harriett Beecher Stowe was born on June 14, 1811 to Lyman Beecher, a Congregationalist minister.
Her work received much acclaim. She was written about by Harriet Beecher Stowe in numerous publications, including an 1863 essay âSojourner Truth, The Libyan Sibyl.â In 1864, she was invited to meet Abraham Lincoln to challenge the segregation of streetcars.